Button.



J. J. OARMODY.

' 1mm. APPLICATION I'ILBD FEB. 18, 1908.

918,960, Patented Apr. 20, 1909.

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"UNITED STATES PATNT oEErcE.

' JOHN J. QARMODY, or MOUNT VERNON, NEW YORK.

BUTTON.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, JOHN J. OARMODY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Mount Vernon, in the county of Westchester and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Buttons, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to buttons and more particularly to detachable buttons such as are used on shirts and other garments and its object is to provide attaching means to prevent the release and loss of the buttonfrom its hole. This attaching means being a part of the button itself and stamped from the metal forming the button as will be more fully explained and described in the following specification, set forth in the claim and illustrated in the drawings where:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the im proved button. Fig. 2 is a plan view of same. Fig. 3 isa side elevation.

This improved button is of the ordinary shape and appearance with a head 5 at the outer end of the stem 6 which is carried by a base 7 The base is of thin metal and the stem being a separatev piece is welded or soldered thereto and is adapted to fit within the inner surface of the garment while the fieitd and stem protrude through the button Out from the sheet metal base are tongues 8 whose ends are raised a suitable distance above the surface of the base and remain parallel with it. This arrangement of the tongues is effected by turning them backward and upward as at 9 after being cut or stamped and then forward into the horizontal position.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed February 18, 1908.

Patented April 20, 1909.

Serial No. 416,495.

In putting this button into position the head and shank are passed through the button hole and then the tongues are also passed through the hole and given a turn so as to bring them across the button hole at right angles offering an obstruction to the return of the shank and head after being passed through the hole and thereby not only preventing its loss but securing the button more rigidly for use. When the button is thus located the distance between the two points 9 causes a slight spread of the button hole and the thickness of the fabric or other material fits closely in the two depressions at that point in consequence of the separation of the two sides of the button hole.

It is obvious that the tongues may be cut from the base on different lines or bent to otherwise engage the button hole without departing from the essential features shown.

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

, JOHN J. OARMODY. Witnesses:

' LEON L. Mo'rT,

J. HENRY EssLI. 

